Added weekend service and other service changes beginning Sunday, March 15

News Articles02/20/2015

This March, AC Transit is continuing a series of service improvements that began in December. AC Transit’s financial situation has improved and ridership has grown, allowing the District to make modest service increases. In March, the changes primarily involve additional service on weekends.

Highlights of the changes:

The 72R San Pablo Rapid will now operate on Saturdays and Sundays as well as weekdays, helping people get around more quickly from Richmond to Oakland.

With new service on lines 46 and 339, visitors can now take public transit to the Oakland Zoo and Chabot Space and Science Center on weekends.

Line 31 will extend further out on Alameda Point on weekends, giving better access to the area’s growing number of popular destinations.

Staying out later on Saturday nights will be easier in Fremont, where lines 200 and 212 will have extended service until midnight.

On weekends, service will be added in Alameda Point to serve Monarch Street and Red Line Avenue. Weekend service in downtown Oakland will begin and end on 10th Street at Washington Street. Other minor schedule changes.

Service extended later into the evening on Saturdays. The last bus toward Union City BART will leave Fremont BART at 12:00 midnight, and the last bus toward Fremont BART will leave Union City BART at 12:00 midnight.

Service extended later into the evening on Saturdays. The last bus toward Pacific Commons will leave Fremont BART at 12:07 a.m., and the last bus toward Fremont BART will leave Pacific Commons at 11:58 p.m.

New weekend service added between Fruitvale BART and the Chabot Space and Science Center. Buses will operate every 40 minutes beginning at 9:00 a.m.. On Saturdays, buses will operate through 9:40 p.m. On Sundays, buses will operate through 5:00 p.m.

(“Minor schedule changes” are those that move the times of bus trips earlier or later by a few minutes.)

In addition, a number of significant changes are being made to bus stops at San Leandro BART:

On Line 75, counterclockwise trips will move one stop closer to the station entrance. Clockwise trips will continue to stop at their current stop.

Line 85 will stop on the lane next to the station, at the stop farthest south (closest to West Juana Avenue).

Line 89 will stop on the island, away from the station. Clockwise trips will leave from the stop in the middle of the island, while counterclockwise stops will leave from the stop in the back of the island, closest to Davis Street.

New schedules and route maps will be available soon at actransit.org. Look for new pocket timetables for lines 14, 20, 21, 25, 31, 46, 54, 62, 72R, 73, 200, 212, 217, 339, and 851 on your bus approximately one week before March 15 (other timetables will be available online or by request from AC Transit Customer Services). For specific questions, call 511 and say, “AC Transit,” or use the online form.